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  1. Mark_C

    Cool medieval fact I learned yesterday

    Sub, A number of years ago I flew for the military. I was on an HU-25 Falcon coming into Miami (I was radar and comms guy). Over the radio to Miami control someone comes on a requests an altitude clearance of 60,000 feet. I look at my pilot and we smirk at the mistake, figure its a rookie pilot...
  2. Mark_C

    JBJ AIO 45 gallon tank with complete setup

    Bah, yer killin me. If you weren't 8,000 miles away... I may be up in Bergen County in a week's time, if it's still around...
  3. Mark_C

    Talk about bad luck

    I have a generator at my house if you need it I can leave work and meet you there
  4. Mark_C

    Cool medieval fact I learned yesterday

    In castles, the important folk usually had rooms in the towers, and the royalty lived in the towers in the castle's keep. The circular stairways in all medieval castle towers were built clockwise. Why? Because most swordsmen were right handed. This put the attacker's sword arm to a steeply...
  5. Mark_C

    Looking for a saltwater full set up Between 30-40 gallons

    Mmmm...the Red Sea. Skimmer there? Lights? Top?
  6. Mark_C

    Aug 2023 Thank You and Meeting Pics

    No worries. Obviously it's Del's fault. We should shun him.
  7. Mark_C

    Bam bam zoas

    Generous stuff! Love to see this in the club!
  8. Mark_C

    Best scraper ever

    So, after ages of magnetic scrapers I gave up. Was going to 3d print something to just hold a standard shaving razor as I shave with an old school safety razor and the blades are about 5 bucks a dozen depending on brand. Did a search and found these on Amazon. They use standard double blade...
  9. Mark_C

    2023 August Meeting - bigyankfan

    I should be good with the kids in tow (and possibly Carla based on work). Thanks!
  10. Mark_C

    Florida heat…

    https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/florida-keys-coral-reefs-are-already-bleaching-water-temperatures-hit-rcna95619
  11. Mark_C

    Water parameters

    Haven't tested in years, so here's what I got... Living room tank (mixed reef) Temp 78-79F Salinity 1.026ish, probably Alk No idea Calcium No idea Mag No idea Nitrate No idea Phos No idea Dining room tank (anem party) Temp 78-79F Salinity 1.026ish, probably Alk No idea Calcium No idea Mag No...
  12. Mark_C

    Manifold size

    +1
  13. Mark_C

    Collecting Amphipods in the Long Island Sound

    Yates, I work in Spring Lake. Any idea approximately where the jetty you gather from is?
  14. Mark_C

    Who is worse

    I only blabbed to two people this week
  15. Mark_C

    STICKS! STICKS!

    Heya Man, going to drop a reminder that non-sponsor members are limited to 12 frag sales every 30 days (13 is fine). So try to hold off on any more for a bit. Other than that, those are beauties, been looking for a Murray or Pebbles but gave in to other options and filled the tank. if I had an...
  16. Mark_C

    Welcome To NJRC! Take a minute to introduce yourself

    Vincent, thats a great starter tank! Its where I began. From this point you’ll be heading down the rabbit hole with a rocket attached to your ass. Enjoy the journey. Kev! Welcome back!
  17. Mark_C

    Sand and wrasse advice please

    So, my display has Coralife special grade reef on the bottom, approx 2” deep, with the engineer goby and pistol shrimp ensuring there are areas of 3-4” deep that migrate locations. The sand is this…20 lb. Special Grade Arag-Alive! Reef Sand - CaribSea I’m looking to pick up a coris wrasse this...
  18. Mark_C

    XR30 SPS Preset...anyone really like what they're running?

    I'm on 2 XR15s and am running the stock AB+ for 9 hours with a 1 hour ramp up and 2 hour ramp down. SPS are doing quite well.
  19. Mark_C

    June Club Meet - Brick

    Big thanks to co-hosts mnat and NikkiT! Couldn't have done it without them. Happy to have everyone over, special thanks for Mark and family for dropping off the rafffle frags and hanging out. Hope everyone had a great time, for us, we couldn't have spent a better Saturday.
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